Photographic industry

same way you can buy digital music equipment and make 'music' it's really fucking easy.

doesn't necessarily give the photography or music any merit though

I disagree, because one can make a photo by simply snapping on auto, and often a decent enough photo to be saleable if you capture the right moment. It's almost completly impossible for someone with no skills to make a song, no matter how good the equipment.

Thats not to say that photographic art is easy to make, but then how many pro photographers do that.

• However I think we're driving at the same point, a photo or a "song" can be made simply, but have no merit. However, I expect it's easier to sell a shit photo than a shit song.